Hercules Passes

HERCULES 1996-2008
Goodbye Dear Friend
Your Big Heart Survives
In All Those You Loved
In All Those Who Loved You

Hercules Back on the Wagon for the First Time

Hercules has found a new passion: pulling Ona on the Horse Cart.

I finally figured out how to rig our pony cart for him by using old inner tubes tied around the handles.

BFT

PS. All is well until he sees another dog or horse. Then it is full-speed ahead followed by a crash.

These Days with my Dog - Hercules

Smiling Hercules


True Friend

Good Buddy

Our Wheels

Home Turf

Rock n' Roll

Easy Street

I un-retired Hercules. We have been doing trail work at the entrance to Hansen Dam East. For us, trail work mostly means picking up any and all trash we might find on our strolls.

Today we collected more boulders for our garden. The VW bumper works great as a boulder collector. We've got a lot of beautiful river rocks around here. My aunt Maylee would love them. She used to paint faces on boulders. I would love to see those again.

Lesson: Keep your trails clean. Walk your dog. Take a picture.

BFT

PS. Hercules has been with my family for 8 years now. We got him for Ona's 4th birthday. He spent his first two years on a ranch in Oregon. He is a Lab/Newfoundland mix and is already beyond his prime. I retired him a couple years back because he is so unfriendly to other dogs, especially off-leash dogs. He would attack'em when they'd run up to him. Problem. So, now that he has lost a little more steam, I am taking him out again, and it is already improving his overall health.

Lesson: Keep moving.

Night Running with Hercules (the fat dog)

Hercules is up to 3 miles of mountain running...at night

Hercules Retires from Trails

It's been a long time coming, but Herky finally has to lay off the trails. It's not that he doesn't love humans. It's not that he doesn't love to run on trails. It's because he likes to attack any and all other species of animal, without provocation.

I can't take it any more. Sorry Herk, your benched...for good.

Best, Barefoot Ted

PS. I think he already likes retirement.